HuntingRulebook

Ohio · Deer · 2026-27

This is every Ohio deer season and the day it opens, the whole state at once. A pin turns it into a day-by-day calendar for one county, with your own tags marked against it.

Ohio 2026-27 season

In the order they open

  • Sep 12 – Feb 7ArcheryThe disease surveillance areaPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Sep 26 – Feb 7ArcheryThe rest of the statePrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Oct 10–12DSA Early GunAllen, Hardin, Marion and WyandotPrinted in 1 column — check which covers your county.
  • Nov 21–22Youth Deer GunStatewide
  • Nov 30 – Dec 6Deer GunStatewide
  • Dec 19–20Bonus Gun WeekendStatewide
  • Jan 2–5MuzzleloaderStatewide

Transcribed from the published 2026-27 Ohio digest. Where this app and the digest disagree, the digest is the law. Read the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife digest.

Ohio deer seasons, 2026-27

Ohio’s 2026-27 deer seasons run September 12, 2026 to February 7, 2027, and what is open on a given day depends on the county your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the county off it, then answers the rest from there — the dates, the legal arms, the bag limits and the shooting hours, transcribed page by page from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.

Every screen for Ohio

  • Today in Ohio — Whether the season is open at your pin this morning, what you may take, and the legal light either end of the day.
  • Map in Ohio — Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
  • Weather in Ohio — Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
  • Calendar in Ohio — Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
  • Rut in Ohio — When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
  • Rules in Ohio — The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
  • Tags in Ohio — The licences and permits you hold — what turns the published season into your season.

The other states

Every state — the app opens on whichever one your own pin falls in.